Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Moscow today for a two-day visit. He is ready to sign a Peace Treaty with Russia on the condition of the transfer of two of the four disputed Kuril Islands to Japan. Different cities in Russia held rallies over the weekend against the transfer of the Kurils.

Moscow court has extended the judicial custody of Anastasia Vashukevich for three days, also known as Nastya Rybka, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on Thursday (January 17) on suspicion of "enticement into prostitution." Vashukevich, whose reported relationship with Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska put her at the center of a geopolitical scandal, spoke to reporters in the courtroom and apologized to Deripaska, pledging not to publish any audio recordings of him that she had previously said she possessed.

In Belgrade, Putin was enthusiastically welcomed by a crowd of 130 thousand. The President of Serbia gave him a Balkan shepherd dog.

Escort with oligarch ties Anastasia Vashukevich (Nastya Rybka) and infamous sex coach Alexander Kirillov (Alex Leslie), who were sentenced to probation by court in Thailand and then deported, were detained in Sheremetyevo immediately upon arrival in Russia. They are accused of involvement in prostitution.

The court in Lviv overturned the decision of deputies of the regional Council to prohibit the “Russian cultural product” in the Lviv region.